Mohammed, Sahra and their four children love reading. The family speaks three languages and their twin girls are enrolled in gifted programs. Every day when Mohammed leaves for Children’s Hospital, where he works as a respiratory therapist, and...
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Tseganesh Tesema moved to Minnesota from Ethiopia in November 2002. When she arrived, she was taken back by the cold weather and snow. Coming from a...
Becky Engen: 10:07 AM on October 3, 2010
When her family finally moves into their Habitat home, Ya Landa Kinchelow will be breathing easier, literally. A collapsed lung landed her in the...
Becky Engen: 10:05 AM on October 3, 2010
As struggling parents in a one-bedroom apartment, Yared and his wife Yorsalem were initially told that all Habitat homebuyers had been selected for...
Becky Engen: 10:00 AM on October 3, 2010
When Nina heard that she had been selected for a Habitat home, she shouted with joy and then fell silent, stunned by the good news. As she hung up...
Becky Engen: 9:58 AM on October 3, 2010
A room, no larger than a small office, houses four mats, four pillows, and a TV on a stand. Abdulazize, his father Hamza and two younger brothers...
Along with his wife, Maereg, and two daughters Tsion (8) and Mekdelawit (4), Tadesse Nigatu joins other Habitat homebuyer families as part of the...
When her family finally moves into their Habitat home, Ya Landa Kinchelow will be breathing easier, literally. A collapsed lung landed her in the...
“When I found out I got accepted, I couldn’t control myself. I was the happiest person ever,” recalled Helen Getahun regarding her acceptance into...
By the time their home in North Minneapolis is ready, Kitessa and Ebise’s family of three will become four. Kitessa and Ebise, both from Ethiopia,...
